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Deseret Evening News
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
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In Joliet, Ill., 19-year-old John Raveglia, despondent over a love affair, decided his fate by drawing a card, got an unlucky one, and shot himself with a shotgun on Sept. 19 or 20, 1900s.
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TURN OF A CARD AND LOST
Joliet, Ill. Sept. 20.-John Raveglia, 19 years old, yesterday staked his life on the turn of a card and lost. He then blew out his brains with a shotgun charge. Despondent, it is believed, over a love affair, Raveglia went to his room took up a pack of cards, drew one and looked at it. Then he dropped the pack, according to a younger brother, took the shotgun from beneath his bed, placed the muzzle in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Raveglia, it developed, had been accustomed since childhood to make decisions with the cards. His relatives believe, therefore, that, meditating suicide, he determined to leave his fate to the cards and drew an unlucky one. He was employed by the Chicago & Alton railroad.
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Joliet, Ill.
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Sept. 20.
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blew out his brains with a shotgun charge
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John Raveglia, 19 years old, staked his life on the turn of a card and lost. Despondent over a love affair, he went to his room, drew a card, then took a shotgun from beneath his bed, placed the muzzle in his mouth, and pulled the trigger. He had been accustomed since childhood to make decisions with cards, and relatives believe he left his fate to the cards and drew an unlucky one. He was employed by the Chicago & Alton railroad.